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Egypt’s Christians anxious, anticipate troubles

September 15th, 2012

FILE - In this Saturday, April 26, 2008 file photo, Coptic Christians take part in a midnight service to celebrate Christ's resurrection, at the Coptic Cathedral in Cairo, Egypt. Egypt's estimated 8 million Coptic Christians are feeling increasingly cornered amid the rise to power of hardline Islamists after the ouster of Hosni Mubarak's longtime authoritarian regime and fear that they will bear the brunt of blame for the film that mocked the Prophet Muhammad. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)Christians gathered Friday in front of a Cairo cathedral holding signs denouncing a film that mocked the Prophet Muhammad amid fears that Muslims will take out their anger on Egypt's minority community.

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